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Amazing Tales

初刻拍案惊奇故事
Author(s):
LING Mengchu 凌蒙初,
Publisher:
China Intercontinental Press
Publication:
3/2017
Languages:
English
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN/SKU:
9787508535234
Pages:
245
Sizes:
210 x 132mm
Weight:
0.4990
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Er Pai refers to two collections of short stories,each containing 40 pieces. Its writer was Ling Mengchu. The stories of the book came from various sources and were refined and polished by the writer. In subject matter, the book sets its attack against the social evils and malpractices in the background of the social customs. Therefore,it relays a sharp and strong sense of social criticism. Many of the pieces of the book display brilliant characteristics of the time. Some of the stories about love and marriage advocate the concept of equality between men and women ; some depicting,from a positive point of view, the commercial activities of the townspeople of the Ming Dynasty reflect the merchants' desire for profit making and building up wealth. The language of the stories is simple and natural,its narration lively and moving.
Tale 1 Turtle Shell Makes a Persian Man Rich Tale 2 Husband Dumped to Help One’s Lookalike “Twin” to Find Love Tale 3 Brag One’s Prowess until He Comes Cross Heroic Men Tale 4 Swordswoman Paid in Yungang Tale 5 Tiger Helps One Marry as Scheduled Tale 6 Scholar Takes Revenge for Wife Drugged and Procured by the Nun Tale 7 Tang Emperor Xuanzong’s Consort Wu Upholds Buddhism and Beats Heretics Tale 8 Meal Paid with Help to Reunite with His Wife Tale 9 Predestined Marriage Renewed after Swing Party Tale 10 Talent Helps Betrothed Man Saved His Marriage Tale 11 Evil Boatman Accused of Murder Tale 12 Jiang Zhenqing Blessed to Get a Wife Tale 13 Zhao Liulao Killed by his Spoiled Son Tale 14 Poverty-stricken Yang Hua’s Soul Returns to Seek Relief Tale 15 Scholar Chen Manages to Get Back his Lost Properties Tale 16 Lu Huiniang Remarries to Escape a Trap Tale 17 Taoist Priest Huang Seduces Wu Leading to Deaths Tale 18 A Pill-Making Addict Falls into the Honey Trap Tale 19 Riddles Solved to Help Catch Killers Tale 20 Blank Letter Help Gets Two Children Tale 21 Title of Nobility Inherited Through One’s Merits Tale 22 Prefectural Governor Serves as a Punter when the Good Luck is Over Tale 23 Sick Sister-in-Law Recovers to Continue the Foreordained Relationship Tale 24 People Join Hands to Kill Enchanter Tale 25 Xiaojuan Gets Happiness with Poems Tale 26 Lawsuit Settled under the Guise of Heaven’s Assistants Tale 27 Enjoying a Lotus Painting by Chance Tale 28 Venerable Man Realized His Predecessor as the Master of the Yuxu Cave Tale 29 Burst into the Jail to Report the News of Victory Tale 30 Envoy Demonstrates Power and Military Officer Suffers a Wrong Tale 31 Robber Killed under Guise of a Robber Tale 32 Game of Exchanging Wives Ends after Getting Sick Tale 33 Bao Zheng Judges Wisely Tale 34 True Love Met in the Nunnery by Chance Tale 35 A Pauper Gets Rich Quickly by Acquiring Filthy Lucre Tale 36 Robber in Black Rapes and Kills an Innocent Girl Tale 37 Magistrate Saves His Nephew in the Hell Tale 38 Dutiful Daughter Manages to Save Her Half-brother Tale 39 Devotional Magistrate Calls in Timely Rainfall Tale 40 Three Letters Forecast One’s Destiny
《初刻拍案惊奇》是明末凌濛初编著的拟话本小说集,它同作者稍后刊行的《二刻拍案惊奇》一起合称'二拍',是中国古代重要的短篇小说集之一。